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  • Business for Punks: Break All the Rules--the BrewDog Way

    James Watt

    eBook (Portfolio, Feb. 23, 2016)
    Forget about building a business—businesses fail and fade into oblivion. Start a revolution instead. James Watt started a rebellion against tasteless mass market beers by founding BrewDog, now one of the world’s best-known and fastest growing craft breweries, famous for beers, bars, and crowdfunding. In this smart, funny book, he shares his story and explains how you too can tear up the rule book and start a company on your own terms. It’s an anarchic, DIY guide to entrepreneurship—and a new manifesto for business. After spending seven years on the high seas of the North Atlantic, James Watt started BrewDog craft brewery in Scotland with his best friend, Martin Dickie. They didn’t have a business plan. All they had was a mis­sion to revolutionize beer drinking and make other people as passionate about craft beer as they are. They’ve succeeded. Within a few years, BrewDog was huge—a world-famous craft brewery with beer bars around the globe and hundreds of thousands of fans. Those fans became literal backers of their business with the introduction of an unprecedented crowdfunding movement, Equity for Punks. And in rewriting the record books and kickstarting a revolution—James and BrewDog inadvertently forged a whole new approach to business. Business for Punks bottles the essence of James’s methods in an accessible, honest mani­festo. Among his mantras: · Cash is motherf*cking king. Cash is the lifeblood of your company. Monitor every penny as if your life depends on it—because it does. · Get people to hate you. You won’t win by try­ing to make everyone happy, so don’t bother. Let haters fuel your fire while you focus on your hard-core fans. · Steal and bastardize from other fields. Take inspiration freely wherever you find it— except from people in your own industry. · Job interviews suck. They never reveal if someone will be a good employee, only how good that person is at interviews. Instead, take them for a test drive and see if they’re passionate and a good culture fit. Business for Punks rethinks conventional business wisdom so you can go beyond the norm. It’s an anarchic, indispensable guide to thriving on your own terms.
  • The Double Helix

    James D. Watson

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet, Feb. 1, 1969)
    Since its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.Background materials include reproductions of the original scientific papers in which the double helical structure of DNA was first presented in 1953 and 1954. In Criticism, which begins with "A Review of the Reviews" by Gunther Stent, other scientists and scholars reveal their own experiences and views of Watson's story. There are reviews by Philip Morrison, F. X. S., Richard C. Lewontin, Mary Ellmann, Robert L. Sinsheimer, John Lear, Alex Comfort, Jacob Bronowski, Conrad H. Waddington, Robert K. Merton, Peter M. Medawar, and André Lwoff; as well as three letters to the editor of Science by Max F. Perutz, M. H. F. Wilkins, and James D. Watson.
  • The Double Helix; A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA which led to the award of a Nobel Prize.

    James D. Watson

    Hardcover (Published by Atheneum., March 15, 1968)
    The Double Helix; A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA which led to the award of a Nobel Prize. [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1968] Watson, James D.
  • The Double Helix

    James Watson

    Paperback (Phoenix, Nov. 11, 2010)
    Double Helix
  • The Double Helix

    James D. Watson

    Paperback (Signet, Feb. 1, 1969)
    Since its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.Background materials include reproductions of the original scientific papers in which the double helical structure of DNA was first presented in 1953 and 1954. In Criticism, which begins with "A Review of the Reviews" by Gunther Stent, other scientists and scholars reveal their own experiences and views of Watson's story. There are reviews by Philip Morrison, F. X. S., Richard C. Lewontin, Mary Ellmann, Robert L. Sinsheimer, John Lear, Alex Comfort, Jacob Bronowski, Conrad H. Waddington, Robert K. Merton, Peter M. Medawar, and André Lwoff; as well as three letters to the editor of Science by Max F. Perutz, M. H. F. Wilkins, and James D. Watson.
  • The Double Helix

    James D. Watson

    Paperback (Macmillian Publishing Company, Aug. 1, 1980)
    Examines the creative scientific exploration involved in the discovery of the DNA structure and the important implications of this knowledge
  • Watson's Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems: The Three Parts, 1706, 1709, 1711, in One Volume

    James Watson

    Paperback (Forgotten Books, Aug. 1, 2012)
    The work known as Watson s Collection has long been extremely scarce, and when a copy has occurred for sale, could only be obtained at an increasingly extravagant price. To meet the demand thus indicated, and render this important work accessible to the growing class of Book Collectors, the present limited facsimile reprint was projected ;and for the cordial support which it has received from the lovers of our early Scots Literature, who have so promptly subscribed, acknowledgment and thanks are here tendered by THE PUBLISHERS. Glasgow, Oct.,(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at
  • THE DOUBLE HELIX: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

    James D. Watson

    Mass Market Paperback (Mentor Books, March 15, 1969)
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  • This is Your Captain: The Naked Truth About the Person Flying Your Plane

    Jack Watson

    eBook (Atlantic Publishing Group Inc, Aug. 12, 2015)
    This Is Your Captain puts you inside the cockpit of a modern-day airliner for an insider’s look at one of the most glamorized, yet deadly professions in the world. What makes an airline captain, and how did they end up flying your plane? What makes air travel dangerous, and what makes it safe? Do you have what it takes to command a jet costing over a hundred million dollars and, more importantly, can you accept the life-long challenge of keeping the flying public safe?Read the naked truth about an airline captain’s life as never told before. Try to fathom the last words of an aircrew on the brink of death. Match wits with a captain’s knowledge. Get answers to the most common questions asked about the airline captain’s profession. Finally, join author Captain Jack Watson on his own “secret” retirement flight as he says goodbye to 34 years in this unique high-flying way of life.This is your jump seat pass to access a mysterious and futuristic existence hiding behind the cockpit door. Enter at your own risk to watch and learn. Lock the door behind you, sit down, strap in, and hang on — you’re in for a hell of a ride.
  • Watson's Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems. the Three Parts, 1706, 1709, 1711, in One Volume

    James Watson

    Hardcover (Palala Press, May 25, 2016)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • Talking In Whispers

    James Watson

    Hardcover (HarperCollins UK, April 1, 1986)
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  • The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

    James D. Watson

    Hardcover (Atheneum, March 15, 1968)
    A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA